- During the Saturday demonstrations in Sainte-Soline (France) against the watering swamps, a grenade thrown by the police hits the man in the head. The report issued by the Prosecutor's Office states that it "has a severe life expectancy". In total, 200 protesters and 29 gendarme have been wounded. Protesters accuse the French Government of "mass repression".
Agence France-Presse reveals that a man is about to die in France, in Sainte-Soline, after having been injured on Saturday in fights with the police against the watering swamps.
"Among the protesters attended by doctors there are two serious injuries, one of them with head trauma," said the authorities. One of them is a 30-year-old man with "a serious life prediction," according to a report by Prosecutor Julien Wattebled, after a grenade thrown by the police sounded in his head. The prosecutor has opened a study to determine the "exact nature and circumstances" of serious injuries sustained by protesters.
29 gendarmes have been injured, of which there are two "very serious", according to El Nacional. The organizers of the demonstration, for their part, have stated that the Police has wounded 200 protesters and accused the French Government of "mass repression".
Some 6,000 people have been protesting without permission, according to the authorities and 25,000 according to the organization. The Ministry of the Interior mobilized 3,200 gendarmes and police, twice as much as in October in the previous demonstration.
Plus of 200 protesters ont été blessés dont 3 unconscients aujourd’hui. (1 personne est actuellement dans le koma)
Sur, vidéo nous pouvons voir la violence entre les forces de l’ordre et les manifestants. pic.twitter.com/thFL2CsbhP
— BLAST, Le souffle de l'info (@blast_france) March 25, 2023
Reasons for the demonstration
The demonstration against the abrupt giants took place at a time of great tension, in a confrontation with the reform of the toilets of the French Government. "As the country grows in defense of pensions, we will go with the defense of water," the event organizers said.
Mega-basins are artificial and plasticized giant reserves of water to ensure irrigation. Officially, it is a matter of collecting the accumulated rain, but in the end it is groundwater and water that comes closest. Activists are trying to obstruct the works in order to defend the water caught from the ground. More information on the report by Jenofa Berhokoirigoin.